My Own Little Book Corner

November ended with 9 books completed.   Overall it was an average rating for the books it seems.  There was one that I rated a little below average, 2 a little above and one gem.   Some were recommended by friends and some were recommended by podcasts or book magazines.  5 of the books I borrowed from the library, including one e-Book. Most of them were well known and highly rated which is why I borrowed them instead of buying.  The higher ratings by others also shows what I always say - my gem may be your stinker.   I am sure that the reason I rated the books lower than many others was because of the hype.   Maybe I expected too much.   But a month of average reads is better than a month of no books.   I hope you had a great November and were able to reflect on the blessings of you life.   As we go into the Christmas season I pray that the blessings will continue and you will be able to enjoy the pleasures of this time of year. Apples Never Fall  by Liane Moriarty The Delaney family

   I read 6 books in the month of October.   That's how my reading goes - in ebbs and flows.   Part of it is life happens.   It was a busy month as we were able to take a long weekend for a runaway to Eureka Springs, Arkansas.   That was followed by my hosting Book Club, our granddaughter (and her mom and dad) from California here and a trip to Oxford, Mississippi to spend some time with a good friend and go see LSU on the football field.   All fun things and I was still able to work some good books in. I didn't plan it this way, but for the spooky month of October, all of my books were what I would call some form of mystery.   I would not say any of them were scary, but they all had some form of murder and good and bad guys and it was up to the reader to try to determine which was which.    Something else that was different this month, 2 of the books I read were from the library.   I grew up going to the library.  It was a wonderful place that I spent a lot of time.   For a fe